Pokémon Day is here!
On this day, 30 years ago, the original Pokémon games, Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, were first released in Japan.
Warning: The Gen 10 Pokémon starters will give you major cute aggression
And today, Feb. 27, 2026, The Pokémon Company held a special event broadcast on its YouTube channel to share some news and updates regarding upcoming Pokémon games and products.
Here’s everything you need to know about what was announced on Pokémon Day on Pokémon’s 30th anniversary.
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves
Let’s start with the biggest news up at the top.
The event started with the President and CEO of The Pokémon Company recalling how there were only 151 Pokémon when Pokémon Red and Green were released. Now, there are 1,025 Pokémon.
The event ended with the introduction of the 10th generation of the Pokémon mainline games: Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves.
And with those new games come brand new Pokémon.
A brief teaser video was shown at the end of the event for Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves, and based on fans’ reactions, it’s clearly the biggest news to come out of the Pokémon event.
Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua
Credit: The Pokémon Company
The games feature 3 new starter Pokémon: a bird-like Pokémon called Browt, a dog-eque Pokémon called Pombon, and a Pokémon that looks like a gecko called Gecqua.
Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves will come out in 2027.
Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue Game Music Collection
The Pokémon event didn’t start with the big news of a new game, though. The event began with a new product celebrating the now-iconic music of the Pokémon games.
Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue Game Music Collection
Credit: The Pokémon Company
Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue Game Music Collection is a small music player jukebox that looks like a mini old-school Game Boy. The jukebox plays all 45 songs from the original Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue games. Users choose their songs by just swapping out cartridges that look like Pokémon games.
Pokémon World Championships and Pokémon XP
Next up was the announcement that this year’s Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco will be held simultaneously alongside the inaugural Pokémon XP.
Pokémon XP is a brand new fan fest for Pokémon aficionados, which will include all sorts of interactive events, workshops, panels, meet and greets, and more.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game: 30th anniversary
While details were sparse, the Pokémon event announced that the Pokémon Trading Card Game will also be celebrating Pokémon’s 30th anniversary.
Special Pokémon Trading Card Game products for the 30th anniversary will be released worldwide later this year.
Pokémon GO
To celebrate 30 years of Pokémon, the popular Pokémon GO mobile game will see the return of a “huge range of Pokémon” that have previously appeared in the game.
Pokémon Masters EX
Speaking of mobile games, Pokémon Masters EX is also receiving an update with Red (1996) & Pikachu, Florian (Anniversary 2026) & Ogerpon, and Juliana (Anniversary 2026) & Terapagos all arriving in the game.
Pokémon Café ReMix
The mobile puzzle game Pokémon Café ReMix is getting in on the 30th anniversary action too with a “roundup of first partner Pokémon in special outfits.”
Pokémon Sleep
Yes, there’s a Pokémon mobile game that collects Pokémon while you sleep called Pokémon Sleep. Whether you’ve already been playing or just looking to get into it, as part of the 30th anniversary, Pokémon is launching new Mew missions that begin tonight.
Pokémon United
The popular Pokémon United game is seeing new character additions as part of the 30th anniversary of Pokémon.
Pokémon United
Credit: The Pokémon Company
The legendary Pokémon known as Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno, as well as others, are being added to the Pokémon United game.
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket players will be able to earn some freebies to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokémon.
Players can complete “30 Days of Gifts” missions, which will earn them enough pack hourglasses to open 10 packs.
Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness
If you’ve been itching to play Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness on the GameCube but haven’t owned a GameCube in years, you’re in luck
The 2005 Pokémon title is coming to Nintendo GameCube Classics on the Nintendo Switch 2 in March.
Pokémon Fire/Red and Pokémon Leaf/Green
Looking for something to play today? Pokémon Fire/Red and Pokémon Leaf/Green, remakes of the original Japanese Pokémon games now available as downloadable titles on Switch and Switch 2.
The titles will also soon be made compatible with Pokémon Home, so you can transfer your Pokémon from other games into these titles, too.
Pokémon Champions
The month of April will see the release of Pokémon Champions, the battle-centric, multiplayer-focused Pokémon game.
A mobile version of Pokémon Champions will also be released later this year.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Mega Dimensions
If you have the Mega Dimensions DLC for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, then there’s a brand new challenge for you.
The Pokémon event announced that Mega Garchomp Z has been “discovered” in the game. Players can claim this mystery gift starting today.
Pokémon Pokopia
And, finally, before showing us the teaser for the upcoming Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves, the Pokémon event gave us a good look at Pokémon Pokopia, which comes out on March 5.
The game is less classic Pokémon and more like Pokémon meets Animal Crossing. Players assume the character of a Ditto, which transforms into its old human master. From there, they can build their home, farm, and town.
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